Sounds like the anthem of Spain at full volume with the rock of Gibraltar as a backdrop. May seem like the last industrial action of a party of the extreme right. However, it is the scene that starred in this Tuesday the patrol vessel of the Spanish Navy Infanta Elena, while he sailed for the vicinity of the colony with the national anthem at full volume. The time, recorded on video, was reported by a Twitter user, and aroused the indignation of the gibraltarians in the face of what they consider “an act of provocation”.
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In just half a minute, it will be appreciated as the old corvette Infanta Elena sail for the vicinity of the face lift of the Rock, in waters which the United Kingdom considers his jurisdiction and Spain’s own. From the pa system of the ship sounding chords of the national anthem at such a volume that it is audible by who, several feet away, recording the scene. The video received it at 10.15 on Tuesday the gibraltar Nicholas Karnani through a group of Whatsapp and decided to upload it to your Twitter account, @ Atajate71 just a quarter of an hour after.
The tweet accumulated by mid-afternoon nearly 10,000 views and a flurry of reactions, angry at the other side of the fence, just in a moment in which the Brexit Uk strained relations between Spain and the colony.
The Defence staff explained that the car height is in the area of the Strait performing the missions of maritime surveillance, and has sailed on all the time for jurisdictional waters in spain. Other military sources explained that the action of the patrolman was his response to the “provocation” of those who had previously made the anthem of uk (God Save the Queen, God save the Queen) on channel 16, reserved for maritime communications emergency. Despite this, the commander of the ship, a captain of corvette, you could face a disciplinary record for having fallen unnecessarily in a provocation of unknown origin.
According to the website Marine Traffic, the ship of war was in the vicinity of Gibraltar at the edge of the Kaçak Bahis 10 in the morning, gmt. The patrolman informed of a route that bordered the waters near the colony, before heading to the area of Estepona, in Malaga. “The problem is not that they patrol the waters, if they have to do it, do it. What I don’t find it is you can use that to cause. Removes a category to the Spanish Armada,” says Karnani.
Although the Gibraltar Government has not commented officially, yes it has its Information Service in Spain through a tweet: “Navigating between the shameless and the infantilism, then we have the Infanta Elena manifesting the glories of Spain in british waters in front of the lift of Gibraltar”. In addition, according to Europa Press, the United Kingdom submitted a “diplomatic protest formally” against Spain by the incursion of the corvette.
For the gibraltarian Michael J. Sanchez, whose Twitter account is gather information about matters naval related to the Rock, the presence of the Infanta Elena is also an “incursion” into waters that Gibraltar considered to be territorial. The same vessel made a voyage similar, although without hymn, the last 20 of November, according to Sanchez. The gibraltarian has counted up to 26 trips in which the Spanish Armada has gone through three nautical miles (5,6 kilometers) that the colony considers his jurisdiction.
Spain rejects Gibraltar has territorial waters and points to the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713, which is only recognised as british the waters of the port. This dispute has led to clashes over the years with both the Guardia Civil and the Navy and with Spanish fishermen fishing in the area.
The Infanta Elena is part of the Navy since 1980. During these years he has participated in various international missions, as the crisis of the islet. Although it has a base in Cartagena, Gibraltar are accustomed to view the article in the surveillance work by the surroundings of the colony.
